The green beast of the hummingbird;
the eye of the pond;
the wet face of the lily;
the bright, puckered knee of the broken oak;
the red tulip of the fox’s mouth;
the up-swing, the down-pour, the frayed sleeve of the first snow—
so the gods shake us from our sleep.
-excerpt from Gratitude Poem by Mary Oliver
Join Us - All Welcome
We gather together on Sunday mornings
8:30 a.m. - Choir rehearsal in the sanctuary. Want to join in? Contact Amir.
10:00 a.m. - Worship service in the sanctuary
10:15 a.m. - Faith & Justice Learning Lab for children ages 5 - 12 (children leave church with teachers and head to Fellowship Hall together)
11:00 a.m. - Coffee and conversation in Fellowship Hall or on the front lawn, weather allowing ... and enjoying the new show in The Donald Gallery
Sunday worship is also streamed on South Church's Facebook page at 10 am. Services are archived in the video section of our Facebook page.
November @ South
Saturday, November 5, 9 am: Community Nursery School Open House
Visit to learn more about their 2s, 3s, and 4s programs, where childhood lives full time in rooms full of music, tall tales, play dough and paint-splattered walls. Register / MORE
Sunday, November 6, 11:30 am: Soup Sunday Returns!
After church, we gather in Fellowship Hall to enjoy soup together. Sponsored by the Deacons. If you'd like to bring soup to share, contact Eric Greenberg.
Saturday, November 12, 1:30 pm: Foraging Workshop
Hosted by Roots & Wings. Join Greg Rosen in learning the basics of foraging for plants on South's campus! Meet behind the Manse to harvest, inspect, wash and then nibble. Register/More
Saturday, November 12, 7 pm: The LAB Open Mic
Hosted by the Faith & Justice Leadership Lab. Calling Middle Schoolers to the mic at 7 pm!High Schoolers rock the house at 8 pm! Rock, jazz. classical, poetry, spoke word, stand up, solo, duets, bands all welcome--and, audience welcome, too. Contact Marie-Louise Miller. MORE
Sunday, November 20, 7 pm: Spirituality Book Group
We will begin "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer at this meeting. In an effort to preserve a sense of intimacy and trust, we will not add any new members until we start another book. If interested, contact Dorothy Muller and/or Donna Thompson. forZoom link.
Each Wednesday: Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry
The Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry, housed at South, helps 100+ families a week. Distribution happens every Wednesday: 10:30 to noon and the last Wednesday of the month: 5:30 to 7pm with other opportunities to pitch in throughout the week. MORE
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RSVP for the Advent Party!
South's annual Advent Party is a wonderful evening full of laughter, good food, close friends, children and adult crafting, caroling and the lighting of the South Church Christmas Tree. It doesn't get better than that...! RSVP with Laura Giannone or sign up in Fellowship Hall on the kiosk. MORE
Giving & Receiving
Your support sustains our worship and service opportunities, music and arts programs, and more.
Faith, Justice & the Arts
Learning Lab Collects for the Food Pantry
The children of the Faith & Justice Learning Lab are collecting these items for the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry: shelf milk, diapers size 6, cleaning supplies, paper goods, canned tuna. Please bring to church. Thank you!
The Donald Gallery
You can practically smell the salt air in the gallery space between South's sanctuary and Fellowship Hall. It's the solo show "For Those Who Love the Sea," featuring the seascape paintings of Charles Green, a self-taught artist and native of Ardsley. MORE
Charles Green seascape
An Opportunity to Turn Guns into Garden Tools
South Church is invited to collaborate with First Presbyterian Church in Yorktown for a Guns to Gardens event on Saturday 12/10/22 1- 4 PM. If anyone is interested in participating in this modern version of “beating swords into plowshares” during this meaningful time of year, please let Minister Margery Rossi know.  MORE
Painting Parties Thursday Evenings & Saturday Mornings
South's Buildings & Grounds Committee has created a Volunteer Painting Program to paint walls and woodwork on the first and second floors of the Manse. It’s a way to help South hold down the cost of maintaining and preserving its historic structures.

SCHEDULE NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 19
  • Thursday nights, 7 – 9 pm
  • Saturday mornings, 9 – 11 am

If you are interested in joining in, please contact Duke Coffey /917-575-8079. All you’ll need is clothing and footwear you’re not afraid to turn into a color pallet.

Thank you, so far, to Duke, Robin, Stephanie, Noreen and students from Dobbs Ferry High School for beautiful trim work.
Community News
Common Ground Concerts
Saturday, November 19, 7:30 pm, at South: Common Ground Concerts presents North Carolina’s BLUE CACTUS! Together, Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez make “cosmic Americana” - a blend of grit, glitz, groove, and twang that evokes a celestial soundscape of mid-century heartbreak. MORE
Common Ground Concerts
Benediction
Go forth with the compassion of Jesus, the companionship of the Holy Spirit and the creative love and justice of God.
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